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Declaratives

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Making a statement

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Interrogative

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Asking a question

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Imperative

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Giving a command

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Exclamatory

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Expressing a strong feeling

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5
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Simple sentence

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one verb/ one main idea

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Compound

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Two verb/ Two equal main ideas

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Complex

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two words linked by Before, After and when

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8
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Types of words

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Noun
Proper nouns
Common nouns
Abstract nouns
Collective nouns
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Determiners

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words which determine the number and definiteness of the noun phrase

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Prepositions

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words which show place of time

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Conjunctions

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Linking verbs

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Verbs

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doing words / action verbs

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Adverbs

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often modify or add meaning to a verb or an adjective

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verb tense…

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places action in time past

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15
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Modal verbs…

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Convey possibilities

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16
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Finite verbs

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Indicating past/present and future

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Phonology

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The study of aspects of language which relates to its sound

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Alliteration

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The repetition of consonants for effects

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Assonance

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The repetition of the vowels for effect

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Onomatopoeia

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Sounds matching meanings